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Wig out

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chaotic or crazy episode. slang

    "“Let’s get high!” say Quill, Saturday’s opening act and maybe the most obscure name on the bill. They are also awful. They Live The Life lasts a leaden, eight minutes, ending in a percussive wig out with the band sarcastically chanting: “You’re so free!” This was played during one of the brief sunny spells, but you wouldn’t know it."

Verb
  1. 1
    To become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions. intransitive, slang

    "Oh no, you didn't! You called me a what? / Don't make me wig out / How you gonna let some shit like that slip out your mouth?"

  2. 2
    To behave in an extremely erratic or irrational manner; to lose one's mind. intransitive, slang
  3. 3
    To cause to become extremely emotional or excitable. slang, transitive

    "Yeah, this is Creepy Steeple. That nasty monster's place... This place wigs me out..."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Compare freak out, etc., and flip one's wig.

Etymology 2

Compare freak out, etc., and flip one's wig.

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